[Pkg-javascript-devel] node-typescript-types should die

[Bastien ROUCARIES]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 5:43 AM Xavier <yadd at debian.org> wrote:
>
> Le 24/02/2020 à 23:28, Bastien ROUCARIES a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > This package should die.
> > With newer pkg-js-tools we must embded the types is not supplied by
> > the main package as a compoent of the main package.
> >
> > I was burned because acorn now supply a type.
> >
> > It is better to do the work in the main package than in a meta package
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't agree: many @types/foo files are requires by many packages
> during build (examples with @types/node, @types/mocha,...). So I think
> we should keep a virtual package.

I means that main package should have a component that create a
@types/node (virtual?) pacakge

But a meta package is worst because we have an out of sync between
main package and types.

Thanks

Bastien
>
> See my previous mail:
>
> - --- forwarded mail --- -
> Subject: Typescript fix in node-entities
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to share this patch:
> https://salsa.debian.org/js-team/node-entities/blob/master/debian/patches/use-global-typescript-files.diff
>
> I understood what was wrong in node-entities and succeeds to fix RC bug
> with it:
>  * when "typeRoots" is set, typescript loads all files in this
>    directories unless "types" is set
>
> I could then remove all embedded @types files
>
> Cheers,
> Xavier
>
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